Combination-wardrobe.



Pa'te'nted Aug. 6 IBM.

A. LA MAR; COMBINATION WARDROBE.

(Applicai ion filed June 18, 1900.)

(No Model.)

0 UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE;

ANDREWVILL LA MAR, or SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR or oNE- HALF TO FRANK soncnn, or SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION-WARDROBE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,206, dated August 6, 1901.

Application filed Tune 18, 1900. Serial No. 20,779. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW VILL LA MAR,

a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Combination-Wardrobe, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wardrobes; and the object is to provide an improved construction of folding wardrobe which may be quickly and readily folded to compact form for transportation.

Theinvention consists in the novel features of construction which will be hereinafter fully described, more particularly pointed out in the claims, and clearly illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings, in which' Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved wardrobe, the same being shown with the doors open and the top slightly raised. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional View of the wardrobe looking in the direction of the short shelves and small compartment, the door being closed. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view showing the manner of pivoting the top and bottom pieces and the shelves.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A designates the back piece of the wardrobe, to which the fixed sections B of the side pieces are secured. Swinging sections.

G of the side pieces are hinged by the hinges D to the fixed sections B and are adapted to swing inwardly when the wardrobe is folded.

E designates the top piece, which is pivoted adjacent to its rear edge to the fixed sections of the side pieces by means of dowels F, carried thereby, and which enter suitable openings formed in said fixed sections. The

top piece is supported at its forward end by spring-supports G, secured in grooves formed in the inner sides of the swinging sections C, said support-s having their upper ends bent angular to form seats for said top piece. The side pieces 0 are formed with depressions H to receive the bent ends of said supports when w the latter are moved inwardly by the upward movement of a swinging longitudinally-extending shelf I. This shelf is pivoted adjacent to its rear edge to the fixed sections B of the side pieces, dowels being employed, as described in connection with the swinging top piece. Supporting-pins J are carried by the swinging sections 0 for the purpose of supporting the forward edge of said shelf.

K designates the bottom piece, which is hinged at its inner end to the fixed sections jofthe side pieces by a construction similar to that before described, said bottom being supported at its outer end by supporting-pins L, carried by the swinging sections. The top and bottom pieces are secured to the swinging sections by means of hooks M, carried by the former and engaging keepers N upon the latter.

The doors in the present instance are formed each of two sections 0 and P, which are hinged together, sections 0 being hinged to the swinging sections 0. One of the sections carries a latch Q, which engages the other section for the purpose of locking the two sections together, so that both sections may be swung together, as may be desired.

The bottom piece has an ornamental piece R hinged at its front edge, said ornamental piece being retained in position by said supporting-pins L. The top piece has an ornamental piece S hinged thereto at its front edge, while the strip T is hinged to the upper edge of the back piece, being retained in po= sition by abutting against shoulders formed on the fixed sections B and by a plate U, which is turned upwardly at the rear side thereof.

A transverse swinging partition o is ar= ranged in the wardrobe, the same being provided with loops W to receive a pintle-rod X, supported at itsrespective ends in loops Y, secured to the back piece of the wardrobe. A stop Z, carried by the bottom piece, limits the movement of this swinging partition,

swinging doors, a stop 1 being carried by the bottom piece for the other door.

Secured to the back piece above the upper edge of the swinging partition is a strip 2, to which plates 3 are attached, said plates having loops 4 to receive one of the dowels of the short swinging shelves 5 and 6, the other dowel of each shelf being positioned in a suitable opening formed in the fixed section B.

tion 0, supports the forward end of shelf 5 at one edge thereof, while a supporting-pin 8, carried by section 0 of the door, supports the while the latter serves as a stop for one of the A supporting-pin 7, carried by swinging secother side of the forward end of said shelf when the door is closed, and shelf 6 is supported at its forward end in a similar manner. This shelf 6 has a spring-hook 9, which engages the swinging partition and holds the same closed. The swinging partition thus constitutesadoor for the compartmentformed and is provided with a knob 10.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced a very convenient construction of wardrobe which may be folded to small compass when it is desired to transport the same and which may be quickly set up for use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A folding wardrobe having straps secured to the back piece and formed with loops, a pintle carried by said loops, a transverselyextending partition, loops carried thereby receiving said pintle, a stop limiting the movement of said partition, a transversely arranged shelf pivotally supported at its rear end and forming a top for the compartment formed by said partition, a support for the forward end of said shelf, and coacting looking means carried by said shelf and partition, substantially as described.

2. A folding wardrobe having a strap secured to the back piece thereof and formed with a loop and having an opening formed in its side wall, a swinging shelf having pintles projecting from opposite sides at its rear end, one of said pintles entering said loop, and

the other the opening formed in the side wall of the wardrobe, and a support for the forward end of said shelf, substantially as dc scribed.

3. A folding wardrobe comprising a back piece, hinged side pieces, top and bottom pieces pivotally supported at their rear ends, supports for the forward ends of said top and bottom pieces carried by the side pieces, securing means for securing the top and bottom pieces to the side pieces, a door consisting of two sections hinged together with the inner section hinged to the side section, a partition arranged vertically in the wardrobe and hinged to the back piece thereof and forming one of the side walls of a compartment of which the inner section of the door forms the outer end wall, a stop for limiting the movement of said swinging partition, a swinging top piece for said compartment hinged to the back piece of the wardrobe, and a support carried by the inner section of the door for the forward end of said swinging top piece, substantially as described.

ANDREWVILL LA MAR.

Witnesses RICHARD COOPER, ELIGE TOWN. 

